Arrested After Return from UK; Taljeet Singh Jimmy Released From Sangrur Jail

Chandigarh/Sangrur: Taljeet Singh alias Jimmy, was arrested after him arrival from England/UK, was released from Central Jail, Sangrur this evening.

Taljeet Singh was picked up by Punjab police from International Indira Gandhi Airport in Delhi on October 31, 2017 was booked in case FIR No. 63/2016 registered at police station Bajakhana in Faridkot district.

He was also arrested by the NIA in various cases registered in Punjab but the NIA had got him discharged.

Taljeet Singh Jimmy, along with arrested Briton Jagtar Singh Johal, was granted bail by a Faridkot court on January 15, 2019.

Advocate Jaspal Singh Manjhpur, who maintains the list of Sikh political prisoners, told Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) that Taljeet Singh Jimmy was released from Central Jail, Sangrur on late evening of January 18, 2018. He said that Jargar Singh Jaggi has other cases pending against him so his release is not possible at this stage.